Authorities seize more than $690,000 worth of hard narcotics in Texas
By Emma Tucker US Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas have seized nearly 90 pounds of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of…
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Last inmate recaptured after 6 escape from Louisiana juvenile correction center
By Melissa Alonso and Michelle Watson, CNN A 17-year-old who escaped with five other inmates from the Bridge City Center for Youth in Louisiana on…
Continue Reading Child who lost mother to cancer got one RSVP to her birthday party. Strangers then came together to help her celebrate
By Sara Smart, CNN After losing their mother to brain cancer in April, a Tennessee woman wanted to make her younger sister’s birthday special.…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: January 6, Uvalde, Europe heat wave, Middle East, Dust storm
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is National Ice Cream Day! OK, I know what you’re thinking … isn’t this just some phony celebration…
Continue Reading How an author, a NASCAR star and a young boy flipped ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ on its head
By AJ Willingham, CNN Sheletta Brundidge has a keen eye for little miracles. Whether it’s faith or gratitude, she knows not to look away when…
Continue Reading 4 killed when a sheriff’s office helicopter crashed in New Mexico after helping fight a wildfire
By Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Musa, CNN Four first responders who were killed when a sheriff’s office helicopter crashed in New Mexico on Saturday…
Continue Reading How the Supreme Court recalibrated the abortion debate in just 3 words
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe…
Continue Reading A super-rare orange lobster named Cheddar was saved from becoming seafood
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bright orange lobster was rescued from its fate as a meal at Red Lobster after staff members recognized the crustacean’s…
Continue Reading Uvalde shooting report describes multiple failures and a ‘lackadaisical approach’ by law enforcement
By Shimon Prokupecz, Dakin Andone, Amir Vera, Matthew J. Friedman, Elizabeth Joseph and Peter Nickeas, CNN A preliminary report by the Texas House…
Continue Reading Uvalde shooting report describes multiple failures and a ‘lackadaisical approach’ by law enforcement
CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz shares insights from the Texas House preliminary report on the Uvalde school shooting, which describes “shortcomings and…
Continue Reading Man who allegedly fatally stabbed professional race car driver was killed in a police shooting, authorities say
By Hannah Sarisohn and Josh Campbell, CNN A man who allegedly fatally stabbed professional race car driver Bobby East at a Southern California gas…
Continue Reading Stopped driver dies after a crash involving a deputy responding to a call in Louisiana
By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Louisiana woman sitting in her stopped car on a state highway died Friday after being hit by a Livingston Parish…
Continue Reading 6-year-old girl killed in police pursuit of murder suspect near Minneapolis
By Andy Rose, CNN The police pursuit of a murder suspect near Minneapolis Friday ended in a crash that killed a six-year-old girl, authorities said.…
Continue Reading Murder convictions overturned decades after 3 men were convicted in a New York attack that resembled a scene from the ‘Money Train’ film
By Samantha Beech and Amya Henry, CNN Three men who served decades in prison for the arson murder of a New York City subway clerk, a murder that…
Continue Reading Two people were killed in flash flooding in Larimer County, Colorado
By Jamiel Lynch and Zoe Sottile, CNN Two people were killed in flash flooding in Larimer County, Colorado, on Friday, according to the…
Continue Reading Akron mayor intends to lift city curfew implemented following police shooting of Jayland Walker
By John Couwels, CNN The nightly curfew in Akron, Ohio, put in place following the police shooting of Jayland Walker will be lifted if there are no…
Continue Reading What we learned from the Uvalde shooting video, and what remains unknown
CNN’s Laura Coates and Shimon Prokupecz are joined by Andrew McCabe and Charles Ramsey to break down the surveillance footage of the Robb Elementary…
Continue Reading What we learned from the Uvalde shooting video, and what remains unknown
By Ray Sanchez and Peter Nickeas, CNN The gunman walked into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and casually pushed back his long hair before…
Continue Reading What we learned from the Uvalde shooting video, and what remains unknown
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey reacts after watching the full 77-minute surveillance footage of the Robb Elementary school…
Continue Reading Dust storm causes a 21-vehicle pileup in Montana, killing 6 people, including 3 children
A dust storm caused a 21-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in Big Horn County, Montana, resulting in the deaths of six people, according to the Montana…
Continue Reading Dust storm causes a 21-vehicle pileup in Montana, killing 6 people, including 3 children
By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN A dust storm caused a 21-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in Big Horn County, Montana, on Friday…
Continue Reading More than 500 couples got mock-married at Lincoln Center’s ‘Celebrate Love’ event
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The more, the merrier for the 500 couples who got symbolically married at Lincoln Center last weekend. After more than two years…
Continue Reading 2 suspects arrested following a string of robberies, mostly at 7-Elevens, in the Los Angeles-area
By Taylor Romine and Josh Campbell, CNN Two people were arrested Friday in connection with a string of robberies that left two people dead and three…
Continue Reading Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and creator of the ‘1619 Project’ reaches settlement with University of North Carolina
By Raja Razek and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and creator of the “1619 Project,” whose tenure last year was…
Continue Reading New Mexico judge drops charges against former police officer accused of killing man in custody
By Hira Humayun and Paradise Afshar, CNN New Mexico District Court Judge Douglas Driggers ruled there was “insufficient evidence” for the…
Continue Reading Iowa library temporarily closes after full-time staff leaves following complaints about ‘liberal agenda’ in book selection
By Andy Rose and Bill Kirkos, CNN A small-town library in Iowa is scrambling to reopen after community complaints about its book selection prompted…
Continue Reading 30 women alleging sexual misconduct against Deshaun Watson settle claims with Houston Texans
By Rebekah Riess and Kevin Dotson, CNN Thirty women who “have made, or intended to make, claims” against the Houston Texans organization…
Continue Reading Man exonerated for Malcolm X assassination sues City of New York for $40 million
By Lauren del Valle, CNN A man recently exonerated of his wrongful conviction for the assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X has filed a $40…
Continue Reading Autopsy shows 46 entrance wounds or graze injuries to Jayland Walker, medical examiner says
By Kristina Sgueglia, Omar Jimenez and Liam Reilly, CNN An autopsy revealed Jayland Walker, the unarmed man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio,…
Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot tops half a billion dollars after Friday night’s drawing
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has swelled to more than half a billion dollars after nobody drew the winning six…
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